Cologne vs Hamburg

A side-by-side comparison of Cologne and Hamburg: population, income, housing, and more.

Cologne and Hamburg are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cologne has the higher population (2,146 vs 544 in Hamburg). Cologne has the higher median household income ($117,344 vs $78,125 in Hamburg). Cologne has the higher median home value ($356,600 vs $229,200 in Hamburg).

Population, income & housing

	Cologne	Hamburg
Population	2,146	544
Median age	36.9 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$117,344	$78,125
Median home value	$356,600	$229,200
Median gross rent	—	$873
Housing units	841	239
Homeownership rate	89.7%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.0%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cologne	Hamburg
Population	1,981 → 2,146 (+8.3%)	571 → 544 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$90,042 → $117,344 (+30.3%)	$75,682 → $78,125 (+3.2%)
Median home value	$242,000 → $356,600 (+47.4%)	$173,900 → $229,200 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $467 (-31.4%)	$702 → $873 (+24.4%)

Cologne

Population

1,9812,146

Median household income

$90,042$117,344

Median home value

$242,000$356,600

Median gross rent

$681$467

Hamburg

Population

571544

Median household income

$75,682$78,125

Median home value

$173,900$229,200

Median gross rent

$702$873

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cologne	Hamburg
Under 5	7.0%	3.9%
5 to 17	21.4%	21.9%
18 to 24	5.0%	4.0%
25 to 34	13.0%	18.4%
35 to 44	16.2%	18.2%
45 to 54	13.5%	7.0%
55 to 64	16.3%	14.2%
65 to 74	4.7%	8.5%
75 and over	2.9%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cologne	Hamburg
White (non-Hispanic)	83.4%	84.9%
Black or African American	4.1%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.4%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	9.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cologne	Hamburg
No high school diploma	0.7%	7.3%
High school graduate	24.6%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	27.7%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cologne	Hamburg
Drove alone	63.9%	84.4%
Carpooled	5.3%	10.4%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	29.9%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cologne	Hamburg
1-unit, detached	90.8%	67.8%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	20.1%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	10.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cologne	Hamburg
Poverty rate	6.1%	8.4%
Average household size	2.63	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	2004	1967